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Meaning of the nameJakson

Jakson is a spelling of the name Jackson, which means “son of Jack”.

Meaning

“son of Jack”

Meaning of the name Jackson, of which Jakson is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Jackson

People (2022)
13,969
Rank in Brazil
#1,356
Median age
29 years
2010 Census
19,603
people

Jakson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jakson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (4,447 people).

68 women 13,901 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jakson is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jakson in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Norte 0.014%
  2. Acre 0.014%
  3. Rondônia 0.013%
  4. Alagoas 0.013%
  5. Pará 0.013%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1,7590.012%
São Paulo1,3600.003%
Minas Gerais1,0880.005%
Pará1,0260.013%
Pernambuco9070.010%
Paraná8260.007%
Maranhão7260.011%
Santa Catarina7020.009%
Ceará5240.006%
Amazonas4970.013%
Rio Grande do Sul4720.004%
Rio Grande do Norte4630.014%
Goiás4470.006%
Rio de Janeiro4310.003%
Alagoas4140.013%
Mato Grosso3160.009%
Piauí2910.009%
Espírito Santo2900.008%
Paraíba2730.007%
Rondônia2120.013%
Mato Grosso do Sul2030.007%
Sergipe1610.007%
Tocantins1490.010%
Distrito Federal1450.005%
Acre1140.014%
Roraima940.015%
Amapá790.011%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Jakson

It swaps CK for K. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.

About the name Jackson

Behind the Name explains Jackson as a name taken from the English surname meaning 'son of Jack', and Wiktionary breaks it down as Jack + -son. According to Wiktionary, Jack comes from the Middle English Jackin, derived from the French Jacques, which goes back to the Latin Iacobus and the Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ. Jacson and Jakson are among the spelling variants of Jackson in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 72,948 people named Jackson, most of them born in the 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.

Other spellings of Jackson

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jackson72,948
Jacson19,617
Jakson13,969

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Jackson · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Jackson · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jackson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Jakson

What does the name Jakson mean?

Jakson means “son of Jack”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Jackson, of which Jakson is a spelling.

How many people are named Jakson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,969 people with the first name Jakson, which ranks it number 1,356 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Jakson a boy's or a girl's name?

Jakson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 68 women and 13,901 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jakson?

Jakson is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jakson most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.014% of the state's population is named Jakson (463 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jakson?

Jackson and Jacson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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